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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-11-16
Smyrna and Vicinity.
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The gunners are loose to-day.
LAST winter overcoats are very fash,
iOnable this season.
A NEW lot of Vermont Maple Syrup
at w. F. ClemeAt's.
THE most of the farmers had their
corn husking finished last week.
MERCHANTS are looking forward to
cooler weather to improve business.
H. G. SPRUANCE advertises from
1000 to 1900 head of cabbage for sale.
THERE was a large demand at the
stores on Saturday for powder and
shot
THE truant school boys can usually
be found in the vicinity Of the Candy
Kitchen.
DRESSED pOultry-chicken and tur-
keys-made their appearance in market
last week.
REV. J. F. STONECIPHER, of Dover.
will preach in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday.
Now is the time to make your fruit
cake. Call at w. F. Clements for fruit,
also COnfectioner's sugar. T
JOHN ANTHONY, we are informed
will pay So cents per bushel for white
sheep tooth corn in the winter.
Miss ANNIE CUNNINaHAM's Sunday
school class, of the larger girls, gave
her surprise party on Thursday night
last
The Past Grands of the Odd Fellows
went to Wilmington this morning to
attend the annual session of the Grand
Lodge.
POSTMASTER BEwLEY sold the last
one of the old letter stamps yesterday.
The new stamps are not so good quality
as the old.
Desiring to discontinue selling pic
ture frames, J. w. Denney, Druggist,
is offering for sale at less than cost lot
of Plush and Gilt Frames.
A DEER that was formerly pet of
Mrs John Farrell in RaymOnd's Neck,
it is stated, is running at large, and
has ATTACKED several individuals.
Miss NJ. E. SAvIN went to the oity
to-day to lay in new stock of millin-
cry goods. She desires customers to
call and see how low she can sell it. 4
ADoLPH GREwER, administrator, will
sell the personal property of the late
Nicholas GreWer at Smyrna Landing,
on Saturday afternoon next at one
o'clock.
J. Ed. HOFFECKER has been engaged
to take the lead of the Presbyterian
| choir, and the music under the re-or-
ganization was enjoyed by the congre-
CATION on Sunday.
ONE Of our citizens gathered the last
bunch of grapes from bis vines on Sat
urday, having had a continuous success
sion of grapes from his garden since
the middle of August.
A DIFFICULTY over bird dogs land
bird dogs are mighty uncertain proper
ty at this time Of the year, caused some
bad blood to 1ow between two Of our
sportsmen last night.
FORTY-FIvE smyrnians took a spe-
cial train for Clayton last night to at
tend the festival for the benefit OF
4 Golden Eagles. A SPECIAL train will
run again this evening.
OLD Mother Hubbard, Little Red
Riding Hood, the Old Woman ia her
Shoe, Hail Columbia and Yankee
Doodle will all be at the Opera House
on Thanksgiving evening.
y. g. WALLS presents an interesting
rebus for the solution OF those who are
adopts at such things, The answer
will be published IN this paper before
the scaled envelopes are opened,
THE stone end iron for the bridge
over the stream that divides Kent and
New Castle counties at Duck Greek is
on the ground, but the work which
was expected TO have been we'll adj
vanced by this time, has been delayed
by the contractor for the stone work.
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THE hanging of four of the Anar-
chists and the blowing Off the head OF
another by his own hands, even if the
sentence of the two others was COM
muted to Imprisonment for life, will
serve as a great check to the VIC
lent actions of these desperate men,
Forming procession, making harangues
and draping their places in Grape is
harmless, and will hardly be carried
again to the extent of putting their
lives in danger of the halter.
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THE members of the Kent County
bar declare that the last session of the
court, three weeks, the longest they
ever knew. The potential influence in
thus extending the session is generally
attributed to that five dollars a day
extra to the Judges, granted by the
last session of the Legislature. The
jurors thus summoned from their
homes week by week, think it another
argument for new constitution.
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the lumber business.

the lumber business.
John G. Voshell, of Baltimore, for a
number of years a resident of Chester
town, spent several days the past week
in Smyrna, renewing the scenes of his
early life. He was the guest of J. w.
Jones.
John Mustard and Cove S. Taylor,
druggists in Philadelphia, were home
Sunday.
w. K. Conway, an occasional cor
respondent of this paper, spent Sunday
recentlyin Philadelphia visiting friends.
A letter received TODAY from Rev.
W. B. Gordon, Mexico, will appear in
our next issue.
Miss Name Clifton, of FELTON,, is Wis
iting her brother.
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cbsroetec from many thousand Of lew let.
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tut TIC oHtDTUW II
That Resolution.

MR.. EDITOR The following ap-
peared in the Smyrna Record last week:
"a resolution, which was lost bv ma
jority of one, was offered in one Of our clubs
on Thursday evening that any member
ofthe club who should be found with a
copy of the SMYRNA TIMES on his person
in the room should be fined for each and
every offence fifty cents"
The club above referred to is the Y.
M. G. A. We presume there are a
good many who do not know why the
TIMES was thus bOycOtted. There are
several members of the above club who
think, Judging from the manner in
which they act they are a great deal
better than anyone else, and like a
great deal Of notice taken of them
The TINES did not take any more no.
tice of them than of either the other
clubs, as their first meeting indicated
nothing but a social club, and this dis
pleased some of them very much, be-
cause they thought their club ought to
have been mentioned first, and persons
advised to Join it. At their meeting
on Thursday evening Freddie Smith
proposed the above named resolution.
and he, Edward J. Phelps, Edward De-
ford and Charlie Porter voted for it.
The vote was tie, and the president
cast the deciding vote in the negative.
Not being satisfied with this, one of
them went to the editor of the Record
and asked him to publish tie resolu-
ton. We suppose if he had not sue
ceeded in getting it published in the
Record, he might possibly have sent it
to the Fiery Eceaiag. 1t is wonder
they did not boycott the Record too
it did not advise persons to join their
club. In conclusion, Mr.. Editor. we
advise you to sell your paper, as you
will not do MUCH business hereafter
they being young men of so much in
tluence in the community. We would
advise them to start a newspaper of
their own to boom up their club, as
they have ONE member in particular
who has great deal of literary talent.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-11-16

Rev. DIR. John A. Roche, Of Brook
lyn, who was in Smyrna at the time of
the death and burial Of his sister, Mrs.
Sarah A. Raughley, returned home on
Monday.
Daniel B. Cummins, ESQ, of Phila.
delphia, spent Sunday with friends in
town.
+. w. Griffith, of Chester, Pa, spent
Sunday with his brother, a. +. Griffith.
Mrs. s. u. Baldwin. who has been
spending several weeks in town, re-
turned to Boston on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Walker, return-
ed from their trip to Washington on
Friday. They will reside in Kenton,
where he is engaged with his father IN
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-11-16

FROM the court records of the last
and the previous sessions it appears
that judges Grubb and Paynter cham
pion the rum interest. They outvote the
Chief Justice and turn down those re-
monstrating for the good of society.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-11-16

MRS. SARAH A. RAUGHLEY.

Mrs. Sarah A. Raughley died at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Mary
r. HOffecker, on Friday in the 10th
year of her age. The first half of Mrs.
Raughley's mature life was spent in
Smyrna in what may be called its
heroic period of strong men and
women, especially in church work, the
period that sent so many out into the
ranks of the ministry among them her
own brother who still, despite the adj
vancing years, with undated vigor OF
faith, mind and voice proclaims the
gospel with the same earnestness that
characterized his early ministry. The
deceased, with her brother, and sister.
Mrs. Reese J. Bell, long since deceased
together with many others who made
their marks in the church and society,
Were subjects Of the great revival OF
1929. Mrs. Raughley's maiden name
was Roche; her first husband was
John WOOdall and her second husband
James Raughley, who died SO years
ago. Her children surviving her are
Mrs. Frances Bradbury, of Elkton,
Mrs, H. G, Spruance and Mrs. Mary
h. HOfteckeF. The remains were in
TERED in st. Peters cemetery on Sun.
day afternoon.
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Four thousand policemen Sunday
guarded the approaches to Trafalgar
Square, London. In the conflicts be-
tween the police and various societies
which sought to enter the square two
hundred citizens and forty policemen
were injured.
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Over 100 Farms for sale, together
with some desirable town property and
los. Send for circulars. III PRIM-
ROSE q Co., Real Estate Brokers.
Best place to buy Hardware in town.
cheap, is at VIM. FAIRIES.
Asbestos Stove Innings, at VIM.
FAIRIES, Commerce Street.
Side Bracket and Extension Lamps.
at J. B. COoper's.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-11-16

The authorities OF Chicago and Cook
County, H., are not entitled to anv
credit for the peace and good order
that prevailed in that city on Sunday.
as their actions from first to last seemed
to invite repetition of the scenes OF
riot and bloodshed at Havmarket
Square. From the time the Anarchists
were convicted up to almost the very
hour OF their execution they were not
treated as condemned murderers. but
as state prisoners. On Saturday the
bodies Of all except Spies laid in state.
and were viewed by tens of thousands
OF persons, many of whom gathered on
the sidewalks and INDUCED in the
most inhammatOry language. On sun.
day ten thousand persons attended the
obsequies dirges were played by the
bands as they passed drinking saloons
tilled with crowds of Reds" inaamed
by liquor, The entire gathering was a
mass of excited men and women. who
only needed the slightest provocation
to inaugurate scenes, compared to
which that at Haymarket would have
been Insignificant, No thanks are due
the authorities that this did not occur,
as their conduct all through almost
seemed to invite it.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-11-16

While Mr.. O'Brien was asleep in
TullamOre Jail, Ireland, his citizens
dress was removed, but he still refuses
to wear the prison clothes.
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STATE OF DELAWARE,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
The President of the United States hav-
ing by his proclamation designated Thurs
day, the twenty-fourth day Of November,
A. D. 1884, as day of General Thanks
giving and Prayer:
Now, therefore, l, Benjamin T. Biggs,
Governor Ofthe State of Delaware, deem
ing it right and proper that general OBJ
scrvance of the day should be had, do re-
quest that all citizens suspend their secular
labOrs on that day, and that they assemble
in their respective places of religious wOr-
ship and there offer up their thanks to AL
mighty God for the manifold blessings be-
slowed upon us all during the past year,
and to invoke the aid of the Author of all
good for our future guidance and prosperity
In testimony whereof l have hereuntC
- set my hand and caused the Great
(SEAI, \Seal of the State to be hereuntc
A(D(N) affiXed, at Dover, the seventh day
of November, in the Year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-seven, and the Independence of the
United States the one hundred and twelfth.
b. Z. BIGGS.
BY the Governor,
JOHN p. SALISBURY,
Secretary of State.
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GBe Sngrna Jimes.
Smyrna, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Nov. l6, 1887.

THE "TIMES" is published every Wednesday
afternoon by ROBT. D. HoFFEcKER, Editor and
Proprietor, at Smyrna, Del.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. One year 81. 90 in advance
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ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
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The following is the time-card of the
steamer 1ygert for the month of De-

SOME of the members of one of our
clubs are as tender as sucking doves.
Anything but the language of the nurs-
ery-utsy, wOOtsy, tootsy, pretty. dar-
ling little creatures-seems to chafe
their tender skin. Since the iargon of
the nursery has no place in the vocab-
ulary of the journalist, we cannot be
expected to use it aptly or so sooth-
ingly, but we promise these thin
skinned nurselings (for we want to deal
with them very tenderly), that to avoid
chatting, we will before touching them
again, use a good sprinkling of lyco-
podium.
A GOOD sized audience enjoyed the
lecture of Rev. VIM. S. Robinson at
the Opera House on Wednesday even
ing, as they did also the vocal and in
strumental music which the w. q. T..
u, had secured for the occasion. An
other thing injoyed was the house it.
self, as it was the first time a number
of them had seen it in its new dress and
name, and the transformation to them
was both novel and interesting. It
was the first time the wall scene had
been exposed to the sight of an audi
ence, the drop curtain being rolled up
and the hole stage exposed to view,
Two WHITES ago J. G. Brinton filed
his large ice house from the Smyrna
mill pond and refused to pay for the
same in order to test the legality of the
miller to sell the ice on the pond, and
suit was brought before one of our JUS
tees and tried before referees who de-
cided in favor Of the purchasers of the
ice privileges. Mr.. Brinton appealed
from the decision of the referees, and
took it 10 court, where it lay until the
term just closed when he decided not
to let it come up for trial and paid the
full amount. The result was reached
from the fact no doubt that the law
was found to sustain the right Of the
miller TO sell the ice.
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When baby was sick, we gave her Castoris
Mhen she was Child, she cried for Castoria
Mheh she became Miss, she chung to CastOria.
"heh she had children, she gave them Castoria.
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DEATHS,

BENJAMIN.-In Dover. Nov 18th. Marian Fran
ceS, daughter of NJ. o. and Frances L. Benia-
MIN, aged years. months and 10 davs
Funeral Thursday afternoon at l O'Clock In.
terment IN Presbyterian Burial Ground.
CAREY,-Near Downs Chapel, November eth. of
dlphlherla, Lille Carey, daughter of Nehemiah
ana Elizabeth Carey, aged years.
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ROBERT S. wILDs.

Robert Scott Wilds died at his resi-
dence in this town on Thursday last of
consumption in the 43rd year of his
age. The deceased was a man of
genial habits and temperament, re-
spectful of men and their opinions, and
thus with an address that was frank
and approachable, he was we'll quail
fed for the work to which the larger
part of his life was devoted-salesma
in clothing house-having been with
Yates & Co., Philadelphia, from 1876
until disabled last year by failing
health. His remains were inferred in
GlenWoQd cemetery on Saturday after
noon, six of his cousins acting as pail
bearers. He leaves a wife and three
children to mourn his loss. Mr.. Wilds
had an insurance on his life of $4,000.
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GRAIN.
OFFICE OF

Philadelphia I Smyrna Transportation Company,
November 10th, 1887.
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NEW WHEAT
MARRIAGES

EY-MIDDLEMIRE.-A 3l5 Mickle stree,
Camden, n. J., November sth, by Rev. j. R.
county, to Miss Sallie c. Middlemire IF phiIs.
delphia. - iii''
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Monthly Literary Articles.
Poems and Stories,
TERMS To SUBSCRIBERS,

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For Dry Goods 60 to Cranor & Co.,
GIL Market street, Wilmington.
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FOR RENT.

A good dwelling on Market Street. near
the corner of Commerce, having 8 rooms
and well finished throughout, with a good
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Farm ana Farm Hands.

Also, farmers desiring to rent a good
iarm, or farm hands with small families
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NOV lo-zm Smyrna, Del.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-09-10
Chocolate.

Chocolate" said cOnfectioner 10 a
New York Mail writer, "is made from
beans that grow in pods on the cacao
tree. These trees are numerous ia the
West Indies, and II is from there we get
the supply. The beans are brought
hither in the pod, and put through "A
regular manufacturing process to pro-
duce the chocolate cakes tina: we use.
The first operation is the breaking Of the
husks and separating them from the
kernels by n blast Of air. Then the
beans are ground with sugar 10y revolving
granite grindstones. The stones are
heated and the oil containd in the bean
makes the mass adhere and become a
thick paste. This pulp is now partly
dried and the air bubbles are squeezed
out in n press, and il il transferred 10 the
cooling tables. Here it il beaten and
worked by hand 10 produce an even
texture and n fine grain. Then 1t Is
placed in mouds, blast Of cold air IL
turned on, and in few moments the
beautiful glossy tablets are finished.
"The British government the recently
directed that chocolate be served two or
three times u week 10 their army and
navy. In confectionery the Parisians
exceed us in the numbrr Of preparations
Of chocolate. We use il in It's natural
flavor only. while they mix essences aud
other navors with it. until there Is no end
to the combinations that they produce.
In England much Of the chocolate il
adultcrated. Some recent tests detected
flour, starch, potato, lard, chalk, bran
and old sea biscuit In the specimens
offered for sale.